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2008 Keller Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Großes Gewächs

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:07:00 GMT

2008 Keller Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen Großes Gewächs
Buy Now: $117.00

A veritable cult wine from Weingut Keller (Flörsheim-Dalsheim/Rheinhessen).

For those of you that have, for whatever reason, missed out on previous offers of Weingut Keller's phenomenal, pristine dry Rieslings, now is your chance to get in on a wine that is on a par with anything ever produced by Domaine Ravenneau in Chablis.

The meticulous care it takes to produce such wines begins in the vineyard, and Klaus-Peter Keller spares no efforts in seeing that, year-in and year-out, his wines are in the very top echelon of dry German Rieslings by limited yields with regular green harvesting. Although the Rheinhessen in general tends to yield a lot of what the French call, "vin ordinaire", what the Kellers are able to do with essentially sandy, chalky, loamy soils is nothing short of amazing. The minerality, structure, and perfect ripeness result in gleaming, absolutely clean, crystal-clear wines that are the source of considerable gastronomic envy throughout Germany and its neighboring countries.

The Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen is a substantial vineyard in terms of its size, comprising 32 hectares. The high limestone content tends to give the wines a wonderfully racy acidity together with a pronounced mineral expression that is utterly beguiling and irresistible!

These wines pair ideally with a wide assortment of foods, but my personal favorites are shellfish, white fish, pork, smoked or preserved meats, and cheese. In terms of price, think of these treasures as being on par with the greatest white wines from Burgundy, Bordeaux or Loire, but with the added advantage of pure grape expression without the need for supporting oak flavors.

These are also wines that can be laid down for years in order to develop further complexity.

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